Mail-bag catcher and deliverer.



MAIL-BAG CATCHER AND DELIVEREB..

Application filed October 2,

useful i1npro.einenis in Bleil-'Brig (`:1tehers Patented May 4, 1909.

1908. Serial No. 455,791.

' the springr support (i passes, :ind :L washer 12 upon sind spring support bezus iiginnst the g o ve 11` ns shoe. n in Fig. 1.

:1nd lleliverers, of \1hiih the l'olloiing is n speeiliezition.

This iux'l'ehtion relates to nnlil bug enehers Q :ind deliverers, und one oll tho priueipzil oh- ,ieets ol' the sinne is to provide simple und eiiieient means l'or euiehing' :i nuiil bug l'roxn n moving;r tmn rind delivering :i ling :u1 the sinne time b): wenns oll :i simple deviee pivoted to :i post to curry n` bog :it one end to be delivered to the until ezn :ind having' the op )osite end ready To enteh :i img suspendei l`rou1 the-emile upon the ein'.

Another objeet oll the invention is to provide zi reversible device \\hi h nur v be rendily turned upon the supportinfbr post to enteh :L nniil bug eoining;f from either direeion upon :i nniil ein' :ind to deliver :L img :it the sanne time.

-'i`hese :ind other obje-ets nur v be iittnined by niezius oll the eons-rneiion illustrated in the neeonipnnying drawing, in whielnv- Figure 1 is n plain vieu' ol` at until bug enteher :ind deliverer unido in :Leeonhniee n ith my invention. Fig'. 2 is :i side elevation ol' the saune. Fig. 3 is n detnil perspeetive vien' ollthe pivoted links for holding the linu's open.

lei'erring to the draining, they numeral 1 designntes n posi'y lo be driven into the ground bei-n een the wir trui-hs. yivotzillv mounted in the n )per end oii the post l is :L stinuhn'd 2, seid stfnuhird hiiving :i hori- Zontnl :n'ni I; projeeting from its upper end. Seeured to snid horizontzil :irin $3 is 1i supporting bnr 1, sind diagonal bran-es 5 extend from the horizontnl iuin to sind supporting" bnr to hold it lirinlv in plnee. llxtendin Y from the supporting' bin i is :i semi-eireu zu' spring support li, snid support being eireulzn' in eross sei-lion. lhe outer end of the in'ln 3 is provided with :in eye 7 through which the spring support l posses.

livoled :it S to the zu'in i; :ire the indopendent holdingr members .1, :ind encircling the spring support (i upon opposite sides of the eye 7 nro the springs 10. 'lhe members o we provided with eyes 11 through which Pivoted links 13, 11 :ne eouneeted to the support l :ind to the member .1, sind, links being pivotiillv eonneeted together :it 15 and the link 13 beinp provided with zi projection 16 Iwhich engages :l noleh or recess 17 in the link 14. 'lhese links nrey oliset, :is :it 1S, ond :ire pivoted :it IS) to the support -l ind to the member i).

The operation of my invention may be brieily deseribed :is follows z-The standard 2 muy be swung upon the post 1 to l'o'e'ot in either direetion depending: upon w nell wey the train is eomiing to deliver and receive a. nniil bix-g. 'lhe open jaws consisting of the support 4 :nid the member 9 are held in position to receive si mail brig from the ein' by the pivoted links 13 :ind 11i swung into the. position shown :it the. right oi Fig. 1, while o until bug a shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1

:ind 2 is'held between the members 4 rind 9,'

my invention is of simple construction, can

be swung to either side of the post; that o nnnl img muy be held from either end of the device :ind the opposite end opened to re-A ceive. n. muil bog; that the device is identical in eonstruetion :it both ends, cannot readily get out of order ond will operate eloiently for its purpose.

1.v A nuiil beg eeteher and deliverer e0rnprising u. post, o standard pivoted in the post and provided with o horizontzil erm, n. supporting bei' eonneeted to seid arm, a spring snp )ort connected to seid bar, members pivoted to sind :ii-1n, links connected to said arm sind support for holding sind ports separated, sind springs for closing seid members to c iteh and hold it beg.

2. A mail bogeeteher :md deliverer comprising o post, :i stunden-d pivoted to the post and provlded with n, horizontal iii-myn, bar connected to said erm, pivoted members,

.port, members pivoted to seid arm and eeoul springs for closing said members, and piv- E ated by said springs, end links' for holding otedlinksfor holdingsaid members separated l said members seperated from sajd bar. le from the bar; I In testimony whereof I afx my signature 3. A mailbag catcher comprising a. post, a i in presence of two witnesses. standard pivoted to the post, en arm on said i BENJAMIN F. TROUP; standarcha bar secured to said arm, a semi-I i Witnesses l circular spring spport, springs on said sup- CHAs. T. SCHENCK,

F. B. KINGDEN. 

